President at the time the world seems to be a dangerous place. One of the cbs polls over the weekend showed iowa voters choose ted cruz to be commander in chief by a large margin. Cynthia when it comes to foreign policy, 24 of likely caucusgoers like cruz best. 18 for trump, 15 rubio. On terrorism, they choose trump with 30 , cruz 20 , rubio 10 . Trumps got my vote. I just think he is going to do a good job running the country. Cynthia but the most important issue to iowans, the economy and jobs. Trump is way on top 49 , cruz way below 11 , carson, rubio and fiorina, 6 . Ted cruz is wasting no time coming back to des moines this weekend. Marco rubio is here at the airport holiday inn at the iowa pastors policy briefing which starts at 6 30 tonight. Stacey new information about yesterdays accident near 35th Des Moines Police say troy mure junior was released from the hospital this afternoon he was immediately charged with 2 counts of vehicular homicide and owi. Police say mure was driving at a high rate of speed down 35th street yesterday morning when he crashed just north of the price choppers grocery store. Scalicity perez, a passenger in the car, died in the crash. She loved her babies, getting back on track and everybody loved her. She was beautiful and just full of love. Stacey Des Moines Police say they impounded a car that mure claims was chasing him before yesterdays deadly crash. The man accused of shooting and killing his wife and daughter remains in the hospital tonight. Des Moines Police say 47yearold Barney Fraaken shot them after his wife announced she was leaving him. Fraaken then shot himself. Kevin new information in the case of a Security Guard accused of murdering a woman at the coralville mall. Newly released search warrant information shows that Alexander Kozak claims he shot 20yearold Andrea Farrington last june because she had just broken up with him via text message. Kozak then told investigators he went back to him home, got a gun, packed a bag and came back to the mall and shot farrington 3 times in the back. Farrington worked in the malls iowa childrens museum. Kozaks trial will be april 12 in story county. His trial was moved from Johnson County because of pretrial publicity surrounding the case. Stacey the Des Moines City Council approves plans to restore a bridge near downtown. Jackson street bridge closed in march of 2013 because of safety concerns. But a Preservation Group raised 2. 3 million to repair the bridge. Last night, the Des Moines City Council approved the plan. Also known as the southwest 5th street bridge, it was built in 1898. The bridge could be reopened to pedestrians and bicyclists next year. Kevin new information in the media general. The New York Post is reporting that meredith is now trying to sweeten the Deal Offering to , kick in cash to win support of media general stockholders who dont want the merger to go through. Media general planned to buy meredith for 2. 4 billion in cash but since then nexstar has , offered to buy media general for almost 2 million. A water patrol sergeant tells kcci the missouri highway patrols negligence killed brandon ellingson. Ellingson was handcuffed and in trooper Anthony Piercys custody when he drowned in may 2014. Piercy later admitted that he put the wrong life jacket on the clive man. Sgt. Randy henry interviewed trooper Anthony Piercy the night ellingson drowned in missouris lake of the ozarks. When tony piercy told me that the colonel assured him that he would not lose his job, coupled with the fact of my beliefs of the cover up, i knew exactly what was going on. Kevin sgt. Henry is set to retire next month and is now speaking out about the agencys attempts to silence him. Kcci traveled to the lake of the ozarks and will bring the story to you exclusively tonight at 10 00. Stacey the state department issued a travel alert for americans. That means tighter security during this holiday season. Airports like la guardia in new york have soldiers helping with security. This is in light of the recent terror attacks in paris. Kccis rose heaphy live at the des moines airport to show what travelers should expect there. Rose here in des moines, there may not be armed forces at the doors, but there will be tighter security in place. They say tomorrow will be the busiest travel day of the week, and with more people coming in, there will be more time that it will take. Airport officials are advising people to come at least 90 minutes early, if not more. From 6 00 to 8 00 on wednesday, leaders expect workers to screen about 1500 people. That means longer lines at ticketing and going through security. To keep the lines moving, officials are advising people to review the carryon rules, so they know what theyre allowed to bring with them. They say there could be more random screening. Theyre asking travelers to be aware and report any suspicious activity. I am confident that our workforce is able to give a good experience and they have them the skill set and the technology and theyre prepared to keep the traveling public safe. Rose the state departments travel alert is in effect through february. Live in des moines, rose heaphy, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Kevin people are trying to know about the weather for that Holiday Travel kurtis todd . Travel. Kurtis tonight, we will stay above freezing pretty much all night long. You can check out some of those great photos. Temperatures in the 40s. I think we will see some fog forming as the night goes along. Tomorrow, on and off drizzle throughout the day. 3 00 p. M. , 53 degrees. It looks like the widespread rain will arrive on thanksgiving day. Heavy rain on thursday, 45. By friday, it looks like the majority of the system will move out. I do want to point out that it could get icy in western iowa. There is a winter storm watch for thursday out to the west. Kevin a rally at the State Capitol today in support of all refugees. Stacey this comes on the heels of governor branstads request for state agencies to stop work on resettling any Syrian Refugees into iowa. Kccis Mark Tauscheck was there. Mark on a day the u. N. Secretary general urges European Countries to be more compassionate toward refugees from the middle east, a group in des moines is urging iowa to do the same. Like minds gathered on the Capitol Steps in des moines. Given the atrocities that are happening in syria, it feels like we need to be reaching out. Mark all brought together after governor branstads comments last week concerning the syrian refugee crisis. Its a very delicate and dangerous situation. We dont want to become like europe where they let all these refugees in. It was really disheartening to see one group persecuted simply out of fear in this state. Mark in the crowd was shan abbasi, a drake student whose family immigrated here from pakistan. He believes the u. S. Has a duty to address the crisis that has led to 12 million syrians fleeing their homeland. If america did not destabilize iraq and remove saddam hussein, without justification, isis would not have gained power, and thats where we have a direct responsibility to this issue more so than the European Countries do. Mark abbasi says his grandfather was a refugee during indias civil war, and its not just the u. S. And all states like iowa that needs to step up. I want america to take in i think other countries have to step up also, im very disappointed that the muslim countries have failed to take in refugees. Mark the rally was organized by a local group called global arts therapy. After the event, they dropped off a letter at governor branstads Office Asking him to speak out in favor of welcoming Syrian Refugees to iowa. Kevin is it good luck or bad . The iowa hawkeyes wind up on the cover of sports illustrated. Where the hawks landed on the latest College Football playoff poll. Vanessa more and more iowans comes to holiday shopping. Announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 6 00 with kevin cooney, stacey horst, chief meteorologist john mclaughlin, and iowas sportscaster of the year andy garman. They dont order 10,000 of them, they order 10 of them. Stacey a new shopping tradition is gaining traction. Black friday once was the goto time for holiday shopping. Now, an alternative is gaining popularity. Live in ames to show us what it is and why it is happening. Vanessa kevin, stacey, for shoppers, it has increasingly become more about unique gifts and supporting their local communities than cheap deals. That is why on saturday, it will be extremely busy here on main street. Move over black friday, a new shopping tradition is gaining momentum. I would prefer i dont really saturday. Go to the big stores. This is kind of where i prefer to shop. Vanessa Small Business saturday is fast becoming the new way to holiday shop. As Small Business saturday has gained momentum, black friday has lost momentum. Vanessa iowa state researchers say as compared to last holiday season, this year, 5 more people will shop local. We definitely have over the years seen more and more people come to the downtown to shop even on friday afternoon. Vanessa ames city leaders say nearly 70 of every dollar spent at a local business stays in the local community. We are members of the Community Just like the customers are, and by supporting local businesses youre , supporting the people you love, the people that are your friends, the people that are your neighbors. Vanessa and buying your loved one something unique . Thats just a bonus. When you buy the big box stores, you know, you see thousands of other people with the same piece of jewlery or clothing or whatever. I just love to give a little special gift that everybodys not going to have. Vanessa on saturday, ames city leaders will be giving out these swag bags to the first 500 shoppers. Inside, youll find coupons to Small Businesses among other goodies. They also have a full day of activities planned including cookie decorating and breakfast with santa. Live in ames vanessa peng, kcci , 8 news, iowas news leader. Stacey a des moines holiday tradition starts tonight. Jolly holiday lights started letting in cars at 5 30 tonight. The light display runs until admission is 10 per car more , for limos and buses. Tickets are available at hyvee, caseys and online at iowa dot at iowa. Wish. Org. Kurtis what a meltdown today. We had 54 degrees. Last months full moon was the harvest moon. A whole lot of bright light out there. Dew point, 37 degrees. Here is your planner. Sun comes up tomorrow at 7 15. We will stay above freezing all night. Some fog, drizzle early on. By the afternoon, i think we will see some pockets of light rain. Look at that temperature. A few clouds moving through northwestern iowa. Clouds will increase as the night goes along. No big systems nearby. A stronger system spinning over montana right now. They are going system heavy snow from the rockies all the way into the Eastern Plains of montana. More moisture rolling in. A cold front will stretch across the state on wednesday but we will be on the mild side. This could have an impact as this wave of energy rides northeast and interact with that cold air. Possibly an icy mix. Drizzle, light rain. Then it is widespread heavy rain on thursday. It is going to get going throughout the day. To the northwest, this could be a wintry mix. Initially, could be some many locations, especially across the southeastern half the state, could see well over one inch of rain. The southeastern part of the state, more this will arrive. Winter storm watch thursday. To the west, the main threat is freezing rain. We will have to see if this watch will be extended to the east as we head into thursday night. Tonight, more of that melting. Tomorrow, we are in the 50s again. A little light rain. Then, widespread heavy rain for november on a giving day. Late thursday night, we could get some slippery conditions as friday, 36. Will update you on this system. More 30s next week. Stacey this weeks tt2watx gd p bt q4x8 tt2watx gd p a q t\ tt2watx gd p bm q p tt4watx gd r dztq el tt4watx gd r entq 5 , tt4watx gd r gzt , t tt4watx gd r hnt announcer from iowas sports leader, this is kcci 8 sports. Andy after that looked downright bad in the taxslayer bowl, i dont know of anyone thought the hawkeyes would be where they are now. In the latest edition of the College Football right come up to number four, from number five last week. If the postseason started today, i will would play clemson in the semifinals. The rest of the top 10, michigan, baylor. The first semifinal orange bowl the cotton bowl in texas. The winner of those games plays of championship on january 12 in arizona. And now to the game at hand. Tony seeman previews the heroes game iowa on the road at nebraska. Tony the hawkeyes are chasing history. A win would move iowa to 120. It would also keep them in the playoff hunt. The hawks arent ready to talk big picture just yet. This game isnt any different than it was in week one. Tony iowa press congress is now sound like a broken record. Taking it one game at a time. Tony it doesnt make for the most riveting soundbite, but daily routine has worked for iowa. We just continue to do the things that we have done, focus on little things. If we have that mentality going in, it can put us in a good position. How we get to this point . That is really the secret. Tony the spotlight has never been brighter. We are in the playoffs right now. We have to win this one. Tony this week, i will just keep plugging away. Andy kickoff friday. The heroes game is set for 2 30 in the afternoon. Here is the regionaloure doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. Almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all stacey whats ahead . Widespread heavy rain on things giving day. Out to the west, could be an icy mix. A brandnew futurecast tonight at 10 00. 30s on friday and saturday. Stacey in case you havent heard, this is kevins last 6 00 newscast. Kevin this script is not in the prompter until just now. Stacey viewers who have watched you over the last 33 years have been writing in. One viewer tweets, is it bad that ive legitimately cried because of kevins retirement . Kevin mollie . 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